"So Zarqawi is dead and the world leaders rejoice."
"Indeed. He was a thorn in their side."
"Right. But it was his own people that gave him away."
"For $20 million, my friend. That is not a small amount even by American standards."
"Right."
"I mean what is surprising is that it took them so long to get him."
"I am not saying anything."
"I bet you there will be many who would sell Bush and his Poodle for less."
"You seem to be supportive of Zarqawi. Don't forget the guy killed many, many Muslims, innocents and..."
"It was a resistance movement - resistance to foreign occupation and puppets in the government installed by the US government."
"I may even agree with you but the bottom line is he killed more Muslims than American soldiers and soldiers of poodleland put together. He spread a reign of terror and I think many Iraqis may be glad of his demise."
"I guess you are right."
"See that's the dilemma we face in the Muslim world. We are ruled by dictators and those who choose to oppose the dictators do so by spreading violence and killing the innocent. I understand that all other avenues of getting rid of the dictators seem to have been closed and so there might be some justification, albeit convoluted, for spreading terror in the hearts and minds of the common people but I simply cannot justify such action."
"I see where you are coming from..."
"I don't think you do. Have you had anyone you love killed by these attacks?"
"No."
"See that is why you speak as you do, go to an Iraqi house which is still
labouring under grief of a loved one - their deaths attributed to
Zarqawi."
"I guess but how else will we fight our dictators."
"I have no answer to that."
"Surely..."
"But not this way."
"I was going to say there must be a way. We cannot seek US support because it won't be forthcoming unless it falls in with their plans for world order."
"And those plans are geared for US benefit alone."
"Right."
"It's a weighty problem and I don't have an answer."